Author: Sam Patten

Author: Sam Patten

Steel Exporters Balk at Trump Tariffs, Some Pledge Retaliation

Steel Exporters Balk at Trump Tariffs, Some Pledge Retaliation

As promised while when route to the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump announced increased tariffs on imported steel and aluminum late Monday and said America would hike its current 10 percent penalty to 25 percent by mid-March. Tuesday morning, the White House issued a fact sheet elaborating on President Trump’s planned

How to Shut Down the Department of Education

How to Shut Down the Department of Education

On Thursday morning, the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is scheduled to hear from U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Linda MacMahon. Given the Trump administration’s stated goal of shutting down the U.S. Department of Education, this hearing offers a logical forum on how best to do that in

Maine Dems in Disarray on How to Protest Trump

Maine Dems in Disarray on How to Protest Trump

The Kennebec County Democratic Committee pulled its support from a planned protest outside the State Capitol in Augusta on Wednesday that was held as part of a “50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Day” movement nation-wide because of concerns about “infiltrators,” a county party leader said. “I am deeply saddened to report that The Kennebec County

The Case for a Scalpel, Not a Wrecking Ball

The Case for a Scalpel, Not a Wrecking Ball

By choosing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as its first target for demolition, Elon Musk’s DOGE made a savvy political decision. While the federal government’s gravy train of spending largesse usually has a beneficiary somewhere in America, USAID doesn’t — the foreign aid bureaus clients are mainly a group of “Beltway bandits,” or

Trump Says U.S. Will Rebuild Gaza Strip

Trump Says U.S. Will Rebuild Gaza Strip

Standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday evening that America take over the war-torn Gaza Strip and reconstruct the ravaged territory on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” “We’ll own it,” President Trump said during the news conference, “Level

Trade War in Flux as Trump Agrees to Delay Tariffs on Mexico and Continue Talks with Canada’s PM

Trade War in Flux as Trump Agrees to Delay Tariffs on Mexico and Continue Talks with Canada’s PM

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on Monday morning and forged a temporary agreement to delay threatened tariffs between the countries one month, both leaders said. President Trump also posted on Truth Social on Monday that he has spoken with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and will do so again later

US Strikes ISIS Targets in Somalia

US Strikes ISIS Targets in Somalia

American airstrikes targeted leaders of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Somalia on Saturday and killed senior leaders of the organization without harming civilians, U.S. President Donald Trump said. “The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is ‘WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’ President Trump posted on social

Tulsi Gabbard Faces Hurdles to Confirmation, with Skepticism from Collins and a Possible Secret Vote

Tulsi Gabbard Faces Hurdles to Confirmation, with Skepticism from Collins and a Possible Secret Vote

Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, faces a series of challenges to her confirmation and the first major test will be her hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Thursday.  [RELATED: Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary…] U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) is one of several

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